Martin Fraser Dickson

Parents:

• Birth*: Martin Fraser Dickson was born say 1908 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; birth calc from death.¹
• He was the son of John Dickson cloth inspector and Eliza Jane McManus jute spinner.
• (Deceased) Death*: Martin Fraser Dickson died on 6 September 1915 at Kings Cross Hospital, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , 1915 deaths in the district of St Clement in the burgh of Dundee, ref 0376; Martin Fraser Dickson (single), 1915 September 6th 0:45 PM; Kings Cross Hospital; ur 27 Isle's Lane, Dundee, aged 7 years, father John Dickson calender worker; mother Eliza Jane Dickson ms McManus, Typhoid Fever as certified by Kenneth McLay MB, informant John Dickson father 27 Isle's Lane (present), registered 1915 September 7th at Dundee, Alex Buchan registrar.²
• Burial*: He was buried after 6 September 1915 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .³

• (Witness) Photograph: He is in this photograph taken circa 1913 along with John Dickson cloth inspector, Eliza Jane McManus jute spinner, Eliza Jane Dickson jute reeler, Euphemia Dickson jute reeler, John Dickson confectioner & fruiterer, Margaret Chalmers Dickson domestic servant, Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler, David Marr Dickson jute preparer, James D Dickson powerloom tenter and Peter Buick Dickson jute yarn dresser.⁴
  

  Dickson family : Standing L-R David Marr (b1901), Euphemia (b1891), John (b1893), Margaret Chalmers (b1896), Eliza Jane (b1888), Alexander Young (b1899)
  Seated on chairs : John Dickson (b1869), Eliza Jane McManus (b1869)
  Seated at front : Peter Buick (b1906), James D (b1904), Martin Fraser (b1908)
• (Witness) Memorial Inscription: Martin Fraser Dickson is commemorated on the headstone erected in September 1915 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, . Inscription reads In memory of Martin F Dickson who died 6th Sept 1915 aged 7 years, also David M Dickson who died 28th Feby 1916 aged 14 years, and their mother Eliza Jane McManus beloved wife of John Dickson who died 14th March 1939 aged 80 years, also Spr James Dickson RE killed in Bari Italy 9th April 1945 aged 41 years husband of Isabella Millar, also John Dickson who died 12th April 1954 aged 84 years, and their son Alex beloved husband of Annie Boag who died 9th January 1957 aged 57 years.³
  

  Headstone Dundee Balgay, Martin Fraser Dickson 1915

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household

2 April 1911

They was listed as a member of the household of John Dickson cloth inspector and Eliza Jane McManus jute spinner in the 1911 census at 40 Taylors Lane, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Martin, son, 2, b Dundee; John Dickson, head, 41, married, jute calander worker, b Dundee; Eliza J Dickson, wife, 41, married 23 years, 10 children born, 9 still living, b Edinburgh; 2 rooms with windows, 10 people in household.6